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Month: March 2008

Deathwatch

March 28, 2008Burt Likko

Slate opens up the deathwatch with a great graphic of Hillary on the bow of a sinking Titanic, and sets her odds of getting the nomination at 12%. This is the sort of thing that really moves copy — it’s… Continue Reading →

2008 Election, Domestic Politics, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Link Love

Legality and Morality

March 28, 2008Burt Likko 2 Comments

In this story, Wal-Mart is absolutely, positively, in the right from a legal perspective. It’s not even a close case. Whe your health insurer pays your health care costs resulting from an injury, and that injury is proven to have… Continue Reading →

Ethics and Morality, Law, Link Love, News, Sickness and Health

Certificate of Appreciation

March 28, 2008Burt Likko

Last night was the awards ceremony for the Mock Trial teams. About 100 kids from the various teams were there, along with some of their parents, teachers, and a few of us attorney coaches. The program coordinator said a few… Continue Reading →

Law, Teaching

I Don’t Know The Solution But I Want The Problem To Go Away

March 28, 2008Burt Likko 1 Comment

So, I go to lunch the other day with the partners in the firm and we meet up with some other professional contacts out in the community. We’re talking about the local commercial real estate market. At the table next… Continue Reading →

Generalized Gripe

Empty Aisles: A Matter Of Economics

March 28, 2008Burt Likko

IDeclining Marriage Rates Why aren’t Brits getting married anymore? The marriage rate is at a historic low in the UK – the marriage rate is lower now than since the Brits started keeping records of this sort of thing, and… Continue Reading →

Armchair Psychoanalysis, Britain, Link Love, Lying With Statistics, News, Same-Sex Marriage

Star Trek vs. Monty Python

March 28, 2008Burt Likko
Movies, Unimportant but Mildly Amusing

More, Um, Exaggerations By Senator Clinton

March 27, 2008Burt Likko

If it seems like I’m piling on Hillary’s campaign, it’s because there’s so much material to work with. On September 18, 2001, Senator Clinton spoke about former First Daughter and now high-priced management consultant Chelsea Clinton’s involvement with the horrific… Continue Reading →

2008 Election, Domestic Politics, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Link Love, Really Bad Ideas, Terrorism

Good News Bad News

March 27, 2008Burt Likko

It’s starting to look like I’ve got some appellate work coming up. In a way, that’s good news, at least for me — I enjoy that sort of thing and the opportunity to engage in that sort of practice is… Continue Reading →

Law, Writing

For Job Applicants

March 27, 2008Burt Likko 1 Comment

I’m in the market for a new paralegal. So that means reading lots of cover letters and resumes. The quality of these coming from our craigslist.com advertisement is abysmally low. There are some good applicants out there, but their salary… Continue Reading →

Law, Writing

Strange Bedfellows Indeed

March 26, 2008Burt Likko

If the name Richard Mellon Scaife doesn’t mean anything to you, then you probably have no idea why this picture is so extraordinary. But trust me, it is. Scaife is the moneymaster of what Hillary Rodham Clinton, as First Lady,… Continue Reading →

2008 Election, Domestic Politics, Hillary Rodham Clinton

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